The document revenues from 1873 are hand-engraved and came out when the stamps was also hand engraved. They are very often found in old collections of stamps. In the corners are cherry blossoms. The chrysanthemum symbol is found on the low values. On the high values are found two banners - at the left the moon banner and at the right the sun plume banner. These banners was used in the coronation ceremony for the emperor in Kyoto. The revenues have an inscription in Japanese warning that forgeries will be severely punished. This series was in use to 1883.

Values 1 sen, 5 sen, 10 sen, 10 sen, 25 sen, 50 sen

Values 50 sen, 1 yen, 1 yen, 50 sen, 1 yen

The series is found imperforated and perforated from 8 to 13. Different types of paper ware also used. The first was printed on Japanese paper. The series consists of:

1 sen gray

5 sen orange

10 sen red, 10 sen gray

25 sen yellow

50 sen orange, 50 sen gray

1 yen red, 1 yen light blue

5 yen violet

20 yen dark red

Shimomura 2003 page 5-7